Mushrooms themselves are actually the fruiting bodies of mycelium and fungus. The mycelium is the vegetative part of a fungus, consisting of a network of fine white filaments or hyphae. “Mush Migos” on the other hand, are what we here @ Mush Migos™, LLC like to call the “human fruiting bodies of the mycelial network!”
The greatness of a person is not in how much wealth they acquire, but in their integrity and their ability to affect those around them positively. With that in mind, and our thought of human beings as “the fruiting bodies of the mycelial network” sharing knowledge, resources, etc…the concept of us as “Mush Migos” and Mush Migos™, LLC was born.
It’s time to shift our focus. Everything is a matter of perspective. Nature is built on connection, not competition. Terence McKenna said, “We can begin this restructuring of thought by declaring legitimate what we have denied for so long. Let us declare Nature to be legitimate!”
The mycelial network shows us a different way of thinking about the world; a cooperative way of being and coexistence. The mycelial network is a discrete information superhighway beneath your feet containing the mycelium, or roots, of the fungus. “The network could be conceptualized as a vast microscopic web, an intergalactic ecosystem, an infinite number of roads leading everywhere,” says world renowned mycologist Paul Stamets. He went on to call fungi “Earth’s natural internet.”
Fungal networks also boost their host plants’ immune systems. That’s because, when a fungus colonizes the roots of a plant, it triggers the production of defense-related chemicals. These make later immune system responses quicker and more efficient, a phenomenon called “priming”. Just plugging into the mycelial network makes plants more resistant to disease. It can actually do the same for us, but more to come on that in the future.
In James Cameron’s movie Avatar, all the organisms that coexist within Pandora are connected. They can communicate and collectively manage resources, thanks to “some kind of electrochemical communication between the roots of trees.” Back in the real world, this seems to have a lot of truth since around 90% of land plants are in mutually beneficial relationships with fungi.
We, as “human fruiting bodies”, aka the Mush Migos, have the ability to affect those around us. Imagine if we cooperated and collaborated with one another instead of always trying to compete? Like our mycelial network counterpart, this Mush Migos network has the power to change the world a few people at a time. We can only do this by sharing knowledge, resources, and by forming symbiotic relationships instead of ones that are parasitic in nature.
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